Ch. 4 - People spend their whole lives wishing they were Jack of Fables

[originaljackass]

[Great thing about New Feather cycles? Lots of pretty new faces, all of them in skimpy sundresses, many of them in need of a strapping hero to get them settled in. Jack has been kind enough to oblige a fair number of them. Not as many as he'd like, as he's been beaten to the punch several times. Hiatuses, go figure.]

[Written]To all the hotties

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[voice]

[doubleppk]

I've been thinking. Construction is perfectly allowed here provided we can get the materials, right?

[voice]

[originaljackass]

I don't see any rules against it. [There is a limerick about the House that Jack built.]

[voice]

[doubleppk]

What about really building something interesting, you know?

Like waterslides to get around, or a rollercoaster? Something crazy fantastic that no one would expect, but clearly says we were here, and we didn't let them get us down.

[voice]

[originaljackass]

[... well that certainly wasn't the sort of project he had expected to get assigned to him.]

A roller coaster seems pretty ambitious to me. [Where would he event get the materials?]

[voice]

[doubleppk]

I'm told you have ambition to spare sexy~

[God only knows. This is why Fujiko isn't allowed to make the plans in the Lupin group. It's either all crazy and wtf, or usually just involves shooting and blowing everything up.]

[voice]

[originaljackass]

[Flattery is a powerful tool. Persuasive too. But only when there's at least an element of usefulness to the plan.]

I do, but ambition'll only get you so far.

[voice]

[doubleppk]

And brilliance?

I could make blueprints.

[voice]

[originaljackass]

And materials.

[voice]

[doubleppk]

The Malnosso bring in all sorts of weird things. You could be like MacGuyver and use substitute parts!

[voice]

[originaljackass]

And get a rep for killing people with faulty amusement park rides? Pass.

[voice]

[doubleppk]

You're no fun. [Pouts.]

What kind of thing do you want to make?

[voice]

[originaljackass]

Number one answer: love.

[Obligatory that. But then he considers it a bit more after that.]

If I knew anything about swordcraft, I'd want a new sword. I went and busted my last one in the draft. [Super strength is as much a curse as a blessing. Mundy steel, unfortunately, doesn't quite hold up when you're swinging it around with more than ten times the force of a normal man.]

[voice]

[doubleppk]

Che... I never did succeed in getting the formula for Zantetsuken. [Wistful sigh.]

I didn't take you for a swordsman though.

[voice]

[originaljackass]

The Zante-whatnow?

Guns are better, more effective, and every bit more badass. But in a place like this, having a sword is a statement. Besides, chicks dig that kind of thing.

[voice]

[doubleppk]

Legendary sword, it's unbreakable, made out of a meteorite and it can cut anything. Even lightning or a tornado.

[Pauses and then laughs.] Guns are always better, sugar. [So much more of a serious edge than her usual playful tone.] What makes this place different? Isn't it better to use guns when not so many do?

[voice]

[originaljackass]

Oh, magic swords. I had one once. Nicked it off a giant I killed. Too bad I lost it.

But personally, I like to have all angles covered and pack heat in more than one way. [Besides, it's all about letting people see what they want to see. They'll look at the sword, not the less conspicuous bulge under his jacket where a gun is being kept.]